Value extractor? I'm a non tech guy so I have a different perspective. I started a side business selling online. I have no idea where I would even start on my own, between setting up a website and handling payments etc. Shopify allowed me to literally stand up an ecommerce platform in an afternoon, and soon enough I was accepting $6k per month. The cost was something like $39/month, which was phenomenal value for mon…
If you don't mind my asking, what do you sell with your side venture that let you reach those numbers fairly soon?
Metal and plastics for engineering and machining hobbyists. It's an unfulfilled market here in New Zealand.
Hello everyone, I'm the founder of Checkout X and the original post creator - so flattered to see all the engagement here. Thanks for the kind words and the criticism, I totally respect everyone's opinion on the topic. I intentionally waited a couple of years before I wrote the post as I just wanted to share the story of Checkout X for people to see it - without any agenda. Checkout X is a closed page for me and I'm…
I'm curious about your use of affiliates and how they worked out - definitely would like to get some guidance there. But it's not for a SaaS app, so not sure how much guidance you can provide.
Hello everyone, I'm the founder of Checkout X and the original post creator - so flattered to see all the engagement here. Thanks for the kind words and the criticism, I totally respect everyone's opinion on the topic. I intentionally waited a couple of years before I wrote the post as I just wanted to share the story of Checkout X for people to see it - without any agenda. Checkout X is a closed page for me and I'm…
Also - I really like your graphics in your blog post. How do you go about generating them?
I work at Shopify. This was inevitable. Shopify is Checkout. Checkout hijacks like this are taken extremely seriously because it diverts GMV and provides an inconsistent buyer experience that Shopify doesn't control. I'm honestly surprised the company didn't take stronger action here.
hey, i just made an account to reply to you here. i think you hit the nail on the head.
which leads to an extremely frustrating experience for our company, because shopify for some reason decided to block access to markets if you are not using shopify payments. i live in a place where it is basically a necessity to offer a multi currency shopping experience, and our locally preferred payment methods are not supported by shopify payments. i have asked so many people at shopify over the years, but no one can tell me what to do. i don't mind paying my 2% to shopify, but i do mind if something so simple "just does not work". can you tell me why i cannot use markets, multi-currency with a third party payment processor in the native check out? i get that shopify wants to funnel people over to their psp, but in our edge case it just does not provide what we need.
sorry for the rant, i am really frustrated because no one has been able to give me answers to my questions, not even a "we want to make sure we get our share and in your case that leads to a bad experience, sorry"